 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1817 - 634 Seiten
...not apply. Now I feel some difficulty in carrying this case to such an extent ; for the ship was not in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, but of Young the captain ; and the captain, it appears, knew that the ship had been assigned to the... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1817 - 728 Seiten
...the case fell within the very words, as well as the meaning, of the statute. But the goods must be in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, otherwise the statute does not apply *. A., a termor for years of lands, had built thereon a rectig... | |
 | GEORGE MAULE AND WILLIAM SELWYN - 1817 - 640 Seiten
...not apply. Now I feel some difficulty in carrying this case to such an extent; for the ship was not in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy* but of Young the captain; and the captain, it appears, knew that the ship had been assigned to the... | |
 | James Espinasse - 1825 - 602 Seiten
...as the statute only gives to the assignees such goods as, by the consent of the true owner, remain in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, he then had neither ownership, nor actual possession of them.(l) The strongest cases of apparent ownership,... | |
 | Basil Montagu, William Scrope Ayrton - 1836 - 878 Seiten
...309. 9. The assignees commenced an action of trover, to recover damages for certain goods and chattels in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, and since converted by the defendants, who pleaded that before the bankruptcy, the bankrupt assigned... | |
 | Edward Erastus Deacon, Edward Chitty, Great Britain. Court of Review - 1837 - 1044 Seiten
...contending that the main-shafting and gearing, and all the iron steam piping and gas piping, being in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, belonged to his assignees. • Mr. Koe, and Mr. Booth, appeared in support of the petition, and cited... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - 1837 - 1338 Seiten
...by the assignees of a bankrupt to recover damages for goods, chattels, and fixtures, alleged to be in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, and to have been since converted by the defendants, they pleaded that before the bankruptcy the bankrupt... | |
 | Samuel Bealey Harrison - 1842 - 694 Seiten
...by the assignees of a bankrupt, to recover damages for goods, chattels, and fixtures alleged to be in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, and to have been since converted by the defendants, thev pleaded, that before the bankruptcy the bankrupt... | |
 | 1851 - 1152 Seiten
...claim, as assignees of the bankrupt, Swift, damages for the conversion of certain pieces of timber in the possession of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy. The way the defendant seeks to deny this possession of the bankrupt is by setting up a contract, which... | |
 | 1854 - 1060 Seiten
...bankrupt, and liable to the Bankrupt Laws as such ? Are there any, and if any, what cases in which property in the possession of the bankrupt, at the time of his bankruptcy, doe» not pass to his assignees ? State instances. In what case, and under what circumstances, would... | |
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... disposition of the bankrupt by the consent of the true owner at the time of the bankruptcy ; and unless it be in the possession, order, and disposition of the bankrupt at that time, the statute does not apply. Now I feel some difficulty in carrying... 
